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  1. I have a youth ballet company and we were due to perform season 8 in 2020 - for obvious reasons it sadly didn’t go ahead. We have tried to get it back up and running but just don’t have the students applying. We have a well known Patron who is very involved but we have had to cancel this year due to a lack of desire for it. It has given so much joy, experience and performance opportunity over the years. It’s two weeks of daily “company class,” rehearsals, make-up etc with our costume department there full time to make sure everything is as it should be. There is usually a performance /dress run for an audience of various groups and then four performances. These opportunities are already there but if there aren’t enough children there aren’t enough people to fulfil the choreography sadly. The company is usually around 40-45 children aged from 8-17. Our first performances were 2011 so we have done this for a while. I think often unless it is attached to a well known establishment people don’t think it’s good enough sadly. I just wanted to say that this is already happening but needs support to be able to run 😊
  2. Hi TillieJ Just thought that I would let you know that last weekend was Centrals half term weekend - they were back in on Monday but off Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. The lack of students would have been because of this. Also for the 3rd years Saturday off was their half term. The school would not have been running with its normal activity :-) PP
  3. I just wanted to clarify about what is needed to teach with the RAD. Intermediate and the Adv1 and 2 examinations are not teaching qualifications but qualifications that will enable you to apply for an appropriate teacher training course and gain a teaching qualification through that further training. Hope this helps :-)
  4. I was lucky enough to have been taught by Alicia Markova, she was so gentle and warm. I have a letter that she wrote to me when I was 15, which is still intact and complete with the envelope. Moments in time to be truly treasured :-)
  5. London letters are arriving, good luck to those waiting :-)
  6. I don't think it's about what grade you have taken an exam in - the level of learning should be broader at any exam level than the exam itself which is a snapshot of the learning at that level - or should be. The prelims for 16 entry are not outlandishly difficult - intermediate/ advanced 1 level, however for finals, the level is raised and some of the schools state in their information for finals, to expect the audition to be at a more advanced level. If its classical vocational schools then although there is an element of potential being looked at there is also the student being at a comparable competitive level.
  7. Congratulations to you DD Taxi - much deserved :-)
  8. Letters are arriving - good luck to those waiting :-)
  9. Sorry we were posting at the same time!! I wasn't being specific about YDA but vocational schools in general from 11-16
  10. Spax that is excellent for your DS and like you say you got your evenings back - there will be many parents on this forum who will totally understand that side of things
  11. At my DD's school the students had to do at least a year of wearing soft pointes, band work and pointe preparation classes before going on pointe and then it was at the teachers discretion
  12. Thank you Tango I'm glad you understood what I was saying. Vocational schools naturally offer more training which is exactly why they are a desireable option. However they are not the right route for all but if you have spent years training at that level the underlying strength is more than those who haven't for very many reasons followed that path. This does not however exclude non- vocational students from gaining places at vocational classical schools at 16. For some it may be seen as an advantage in that the student may have huge potential that will then be realised at 6th form - where others who have seriously trained for longer may have already realised their potential and find that there is not as much to come to fruition - I am not saying this is the case just a possibility for an occasional student. I know many non vocational students who have gained places at vocational 6th forms and done very well as well as those who have studied vocationally for many younger years and have also done very well too. It takes many ingredients to make the dancer and many varied journeys. I think this is probably a discussion for another thread. I would however like to wish your DD Discouraged the very best of luck for her Central finals - fabulous school
  13. If Spax you are correct, then why all the frenzy to send a child to train vocationally at 11? I think you may possibly be a little off base with your information. I'm not sure how many children access locally 20+ hours per week of training? Just an observation. Well done to all of those gaining 6th form places, a very tough year for parents and students.
  14. Of course Tulip and rightly so . It just goes to show that "one size does not fit all". This runs both ways, for the schools and the students. It's a complex and competitive world out there and can be quite subjective both ways. One school will offer the complete fit for a student in their training and the student may be a complete fit for the school. Sometimes the fit just isn't quite right .
  15. Tulip you mentioned about the girl getting RBS and ENB finals but not Elmhurst and this is quite correct, however she did also get finals at Central along with a place, but chose to go to Tring
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